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HOrses Before the Earthquake.

Paris Dispatch to the London Daily News.
A lady to whom telegraphed to Nice for details
says: sit was very curious to note how the horses
appeared affected by the coming disturbance.
Long before 1t came they were depressed, uneasy,
and kept their ears dattened back. My coachman,
who was to take me out on ShrOve Tuesday night,
said he did not know what was the matter with
mine. They looked to him as IL they were i'll, and
SO instead OF going In my own carriage sent for
one to q livery stable, and remarked to the driver
that thought his horses looked queer"
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More Women than Men in Berlin.

More Women than Men in Berlin.
From the Paris American Register.
In the German capital the female element is
growing more and more predominant, owing
chiefly to the fact that more women than men 90
from the provinces to the capital and more male
Berlinese than females from the city to the pro-
vinces. In 1871, when Berlin had garrison of
1903 soldiers, the masculine element exceeded
the fair sex by 1888; on December 1, 1875, with
garrison OF Is, sos men, the feminine element had
gained the predOmtnance by 4, ASP; on December
l. $780, this excess had increased to So orr and on
December l, 1885, 1t had risen to 81 .63l
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A German Windfall.
FORTUNE OF s, 0OO, 900 TO BIB DISTRIBUTED AMONG


4 FORTUNE OF a, 0O0, 900 TO BIB DISTRIBUTED AMONG
THIRTY CLAIMANTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
telegram from Pittsburg, Pa, March 16, says:
The government OF Germany has had in its posses
sion for the last forty years legacy OF OO0-
600 left by Andrew Teetzel, who died near Wur-
temburg. The heirships Of thirty persons In the
United States have at last been proven, and the
fund is to be sent here One OF the heirs Is we'll
Known business man OF Fourth avenue, PittsDurg,
MI: j. X. Teetzel A reporter had a conversation
w1ndfall:
'My brother, James " Teetzel, who is New
York attorney, conducted the negotiations with
the German government for us. These transac-
lions have been carried on for long time, and he
has crossed the ocean to Germany i've or six times
In relation to the matter. Thirty heirs are
scattered ali over the United States E. Teetzel &
Co., bankers, and James B. Teetzel live In New
York. Two others live in chicago, ILL.,; three
more at Milwaukee; seven at Benton Harbor,
M1ch.; George Dale, and others at Troy, n. y,
and Terre Haute, Ind. used to hear my father
ana grandfather talk about this claim. My great
grand rather settled in this country at Log JAIL
n. j., which is now Trenton. The s4,o00,OO0 is
composed Of government bonds, other standard
common securities, gold and property. II is now
ready TO be distributed among the heirs, under
stand"
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leSsly many speak It the result would be some
thing strange. The clipping OF familiar words, and
particularly the budding OF as many together In
a bunch as we can fine breath Co speak make a
curious language, as this will show! Specimens
OF boys conversation like the following may be
bladder skate" .Jerfind the ice hard'ngoOd7'
Eyes; hard'nough." 'Jer goerlOne7" "No; Btll'n
Joe venteriOng.p '.H0wlate jerstay?" "PaState. y
"lemmeknow wenyergoin', wOncher ] wanter
CONS lowyer howtO skate" 'H-mi Fic0odnt
skate better'n you. I'D sell Out'n-Quitl" "Well,
Wen tryerace nseefyercan."-Yo Youths C0mpanSor,
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Traced by Her Sand Piles.

From the San Angelo (Texas) Enterprise.
The little 3-year-Old daughter OF Mr. Taylor.
whose straytng from home we mentioned in last
weeks issue, was found Thursday of last week in
clump OF bushes five miles from home, after be-
ing out four days and three nights. All the men
in the neighborhood OF Dry Greek, some IS in num-
Der, were out searching, and when the little one
was found in an almost dying condition and yet
alive there was unbOunded 10y in camp The
searchers were encouraged in their efforts by find
Ing here and there places where the little one In
her wanderings had stopped and built sand piles,
and these evidences finally led to her recovery
The child Is now almost we'll
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From the Williamsport Grit.
1t has frequently become our duty to warn hus-
bands against the pernicious practice OF calling
their wives nl-advised pet names The records OF
the divorce courts Of all cities contain instances
wherein domestic felicity has been entirely ruined
by the abuse upon the part OF the husband OF a
dangerous conJugal privilege One lady applied
for a divorce in Chicago because her husband
called her goose. In the Sterling case. which
has just been decided in Brooklyn it was shown
that the husband called his wife .sNigger." He
might have known perfectly well that such a
name was only applied to a certain brand OF to-
bacco. 1t is safest In all instances for husbands
to address their wives by the name which the
wife's mother decided she should bear,
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Attacked by . wounded whale.
AxAGANSKfT FISHERMEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
FROM HARP00NKD LKvIATHAN.
Another large whale was captured wednesday
afternoon on Amagansett, l. L The harpoon
which held the whale was thrown by Mr., Duffy
The leviathan upon being struck showed fight, and
instead Of venting his fury by diving and FOUNDER
ing he threatened the boats with his tail which was
ma1estically swayedin mid air. and brought down
with crushing force on the water near the boat,
scattering the spray in every direction. At every
opportunity Capt. Leek, who was in command OF
the boat made fast to the whale forcing his lance
into the huge FISH, but this only added TO its fury
once the whale narrowly missed the boat smash
Ing two oars and forcing the boat over broadside,
and for a few moments 1t seemed that the hardy
fishermen would be lost. Capt. Josh Edwards,
the veteran whaleman, was signalled for, and his
gallant crew bent to their oars as they rushed TO
the rescue OF the imperflled boat shortly after
ward the whale lay dead with more than thirty
lance wounds In It's carcass. Capt. Josh says this
whale was the fercest fighter he ever saw. 1t Is
sixty-nve feet long and It is estimated will yield
barrels OF OIL and 700 pounds OF whale
bone It's the third captured by the Amagansett
Wha!emen within the past three weeks. The three
whales are estimated to be worth a. 500
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Oucal Romance.
HOW YOUNG DUCHESS AND FRIEND on THE
PRINCESS OF WALES DIED ToR LOVE
From the New York World.
the Duchesse d'Otrante, who blew out her
Dislns with revolver in Paris on Tuesday, was
inc daughter OF Major Gen. Count Stedingk,
inspector general OF cavalry In Sweden. In 1858
sne married the Hon. William Grey, eighth son OF
1ne second Earl Gray, and resided for some time
Win MIN In Paris, where her husband held the
ROst secretary of the British embassy. The fact
.at ner Ofother-in-law, Gen. Grey, was controller
w Sne newly formed household OF the Prince OF
n maaes gave her an occasion Of renewing her
aysMe1 intlmacy with the Princess OF Wales,
Mnoin sne mad known in Denmark, and in 1854
sue Decame one OF her royal highness ladiestn
ma5stans: IN 1865 the Hon. william Grey died,
sania tne Following eight years his widow re-
Maneu unnterruptedly with her royal mistress,
WIN I'll , wnom sne became great ravorite.
IA 800 she greatly distressed the princess and
nel many friends in England by contracting q
maiIiage with her relative, Count Gustave dot
ia0e, VINO, on the death OF his father in February
aSI year succeeded to the title OF duke conferred
Hun MS grandfather the notorious Chief Of Police
roucne, Dy Napoleon !. Notwithstanding the
t tacI Inat the DucheSSe dOtrante spent most Of
cne remaining years OF her life abroad, the Pr1n-
ctSS vi wales insisted that she should continue to
nOn the honorary post of lady rather,
as termed in the official list of the royal house
mol9s, as Extra Bedchamber Woman to Her Royal
aignneSS the Princess Of Wales" The sudden
uoaCn vi Duke GuStave, to whom she was deeply
attacneo, caused her to end her life by suicide.
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An impecunious looking fellow went into a Lis
bon street drug store Saturday and wanted some
alcohol TO battle sore finger. The druggist said
that he could not sell it to him. "Won't you pour
some on my finger them" asked the man. The
druggist said that he would. and the fellow stuck
out his finger the druggist looked at and thinking
that it wasn't swollen much took hold OF the finger
that was completely hidden in bandages OF cloth
The finger yield to his touch, and he pulled at it,
and, the bandage yielding, revealed the fact that
the finger was badly bogus-being made up OF a
sponge and a bandage. IL was the fellows evident
design 10 get the bandage and the sponge well
soaked, and then suck out the alcohol.
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A Shower of Ouails.

From the Virginia City New Enterprise, March g.
Sportsmen in this part OF Nevada are lamentino
the great slaughter OF quails made by spot hunt
ers' on the Carson and other places where the
birds sought shelter during the late big storm
Such slaughter is to be deplored, but 1t may be
that we shall have new stock Of quail sent us
few years ago we had in this city most remarka-
bic shower OF quail. 1t occurred about o'clock In
the evening In the fall OF the year. Where the
quall came from no once could imagine as they
were OF the large mountain variety, and perfect
beauties. The fall Of birds extended from about
sutton avenue out north OF the Union shaft,
reaching over three-auarters of mile OF
ground. When they fell they seemed to be
completely exhausted. People caught them
by putting their hats over them or by sim
ply picking them up. Every body had quail About
a hundred were caught alive and kept in cages
and pens In various parts OF the town. A curious
thing was that these seemed perfectly tame and
at home at once. There were at the time many
connecting opinions about this great flight OF
quallS. The most probable solution of the phe-
nomen0n was that the birds had collected at some
points In the SierraS for the purpose OF migrating
to the southwark but had either mistaken their
course or had been blown out OF it. and so flew on
and ON till they were obliged to come to the
ground through exhaustion. Night coming on
soon after the birds FELL hundreds roasted about
the town, and next day boys were catching and
killing them up to IL or II o'clock. BY that time
nearly all the bewildered wanderers had Scattered
away into the hills. There they doubtless re-
manned TO breed and stock the country as 1t is not
known that they ever got together again to try a
second flight.
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These measurements may be useful as giving an
have abolished the time -honored expressions, elm
perial, !" 'crown "foolscap," ''demy," and SO on,
and adopted the almost equally vague terms
large" and "Small" 1nStead.-Book BuUer.
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TAKE II or1oE.
p n II n VI

WE HAVE MOVED OUR STORE FROM 1112 ST.
no PENNSYLVANIA AVE, ONE DOOR BE-
LOW 7TH ST, UNDER ST. MARC HOTEL.
WHERE WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO
SEE ALL OUR OLD CUSTOMERS
The early bird catches the worm. We want the worm
to buy our Clothing. We want 81, 900 between this
and the 10th of April. We must have it. and we are
going to get 1t by giving you special bargains In all
Styles of MEMS, BOYS and CHILDRENrS CLOTH
ING. We have received q splendid Stock Of SPRING
CLOTHING We must sell it early Is we must have
the almighty dollarstrade silver greenbacks Now
look at the prices going to give you: and mind
you take goods to any three good tAilors they
don't say they are are worth onethrd more than you
pay we will give the goods Mind you this spe
cial bargain sale lasts only till April TO- then reg
ular sprns trade opens but start this sale get
the money before the season opens. Bargain No I,
over 1000 Children's Knee Pants worth S5 and &c.
down to soc. 100 Chidren's Suits, worth e3 and
Suits, worth $3.50 and $3.50. at S5. Mems Business
Suits at Sc. 90 and $40. Now comes the Daisy Dress
Suits. AGenuine English Corkscrew GETAWAY Suit,
worth $50. for GA. A Genuine Prince Albert Suit
worth $25, for $3.50. English. you know. Still
greater bargains. nice Prince Albert Suit Silk
Facing worth SIG, for &12: and o Getaway or Sack
Corkscrew Suit in Black Brown, worth &l6; these
will for $40, as long they last we have but fifty
suits When they are gone You viii pay $l6 for the
next lot We are waiting for YOU Over LOCO pairs of
Pants. So :15 ones for $150; e2.75 for 81: g. so
ones for So so. S5 and % Pants for "a and a. 80.
Now if you want bargains come and get them: but IL
you rather elsewhere and pay great deal more for
goods not good then don't come to us: but II you
want bargains now is your time. for you shall have
them, the best you got till April 10. OF course we
could not continue these great bargains can't do
business Joss all the tme but is the time for
birds to catch the We want to worm the money
out of you the best bargains you got in Cloth
ing. Come and see have returned to Washington
after being Baltimore manufacturing clothing for
years, and here to stay, and want 70 all my old
friends and customers and as many new ones posi-
BILE at my New Store. No. 924 9TH street northvest
two dooEs below BIrdette's dry goods house. Remem
to Washington and located ct ga 9TH street
and has bargains for you Come and get acquainted
with him. Great bargains in Spring OVERCAST mhl6
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A WEDDING THAT DID NOT CONE ORA large
crowd gathered at Calvary Episcopal church
Louisville, K, Monday evening, 70 witness the
formerly OF that city, but now Of chicago and
Miss Sallie Cunningham, q society belle aud an
9eiress TO $4,000. The bridal party, however,
oid not appear, and the lights were turned down.
sister Of the young LADY, in reply to the inquiry
OF reporter said: my sister simply changed her
mind yesterday, without any outside influence
whatever, and that is all there Is OF it, Mr. Jabine
said the matter was understood between Miss
cunningham and himself. and added that the
marriage would occur In few dayA
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Weather Signal.

Weather Signals.
The White says ''fsir;" Blue, train or snow'
With Black atop t will warmer" grow;
With Black beneath t will colder show:
With Black not shO1cn, no change We'll know;
The White, with center black, cold wave
Mem HGpen Macs.
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SIX WEEKS IN A DREAM.
The Strange Case OF ssDOuble Com
sciOusness', that Has Como to Light
I'm NOrristoyvn.

Norristown. Pa, dispatch, March Is, says:
Nearly two months ago there came to Norrtstown
strange gentleman Of good address. He rented
store room, stocked 1t with notions and toys. put
out sign "a. j. Brown" and did successful
business. He had his bedroom in the real. This
morning the man Knocked at the door OF Pinkston
Earl, his nextdoor neighbor, and asked the Ques-
ton: "Where am II" He tried to convince him OF
his whereabouts but failed, and several others
were called In.
The stranger then made the following state
ment: II awoke this morning after dreaming that
WAS buying and selling merchandise. i WScOV-
ereu tnat was In store, and was seized with tne
rear That would be arrested as q burglar. NOW,
He refused to believe that he was either in Nor
ristown or Philadelphia saying he had not been in
tne latter place for two years.
SUPERINTENDENT L. w. Read was summoned,
and I'd him the stranger told this story: "The past
Two months left my home in Coventry, RI. That
was January Is. drew $3.50 from bank, paid
lew s1nal! Dllls, and the last remember vas
passing the Adams Express office In Coventry.
am am minister OF the gospel and have wife and
Two Two married daughters My name Is Ansei BOURNE
DR. Read believed the man. He sent the follow
ing i, Ieiegram TO the strangers nephew: "Do you
Know Ansel Bourne? Please answer"
Ihls reply was received: " He is my uncle. Wire
me Wnere ne Is, and II WE'LL
Mr. Bourne Is now. rapidly regaining his facul-
ties, and he is anxiously awaiting the arrival Of
deiatives: ne says that he was formerly an inn
ani anu tMenty-nye years ago was stricken oead
sLorec, and he then made q VOW to preach Gods
Word.
FULL CONFEDERATION OF THE CURIOUS STORY.
A Norristown special Of the 10th says: Later de-
VelopmentS cOrrObOrate the remarkable story Of
Ansel Bourne, the Rhode Island preacher who
awoke here on Monday after six weeks Of hypnotic
unconSc1OuSneSS, during which he opened and
conducted store In NOrristOwn. Bourne told Of
ms having been suddenly stricken deaf, dumb and
DInd some years ago, and the evidence on this
point Is conclusive, as also the identity OF Bourne
now reputable citizen OF NorristOwn, resided in
Gloucester, N. j., and there he met Bourne,
VINO was then an ft1nerant preacher. Bourne
told the story OF his mysterious af1iic-
ton 4, and OF his conversion from intdelity and
starting out to preach. The citizens OF Gloucester
ascertained the truth Of these assertions by writ
ing 70 Bourne's home. Last evening Middleton
called upon Bourne and recalled the events of their
former acquaintance, all OF which Bourne remem-
% Dereo. HIS nephew teiegraphed to-day inquiring
IL ne, Bourne, could remain here until the first OF
next week, and whether he could bear the jour-
ney nome; also asking If he was in need Of funds.
III. heau mas as yet no cause TO assign Tor the
strange hypnotic dream Of the preacher.
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THE AVERAGE READER AND Book BUYER Is con-
stantly put to his wits end to decide what constt
tutes duodec1mo. 16mO, an octave, a crown
octOyo, etc. In truth, there is absolutely no
bly, the size of book is determined by the num-
Der OF folds OF the paper which forms "signa-
ture, ," but the length and breadth OF paper vary
SO greatly thatthe number OF folds really indicates
nothing OF the size OF books page. In England
they have just made an attempt to fix upon new
scale of standards as follows:
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Pockets for Women.

have been reading the first spring fashion let
ter this morning, and in the midst OF it shouted:
"Hurrah, we are really going to have pockets"
None but women who have been deprived OF them
Tor don't know how many weary and pocketless
years will comprehend my pent-up feelings on the
subject They are to be large and deep pockets,
firmly on the outer edge OF the overskirt Judging
from the description nothing could be homelier.
And they would be good pickpocket bats II women
ever had any money to put into them. But under
the circumstances, they can tolerate thieves and
patches for the sake OF having the pockets.
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No Taste i'm the Tip Of the Tongue.


From the Boston Journal of Commerce.
Strictly speaking, with the tip of the tongue one
can't really taste at all. II you put small drop
OF honey or Oil OF bitter almonds ON that part OF
the mouth you will find, no doubt to your great
surprise that it produces no effect OF any sort you
only taste it when it begins slowly to diuse ITSELF
and reaches the true tasting region in the middle
distance. But II you put little cayenne or mus
you immediately-the experiment should be tried
sparlngly-While II you put it lower down in the
mouth you will swallow 1t almost without MOTTO
Ing the pungency OF the stimulant. The reason is
that the tip of the tongue is supplied only with the
nerves, which are really nerves of touch, not
nerves OF taste proper; they belong to a totally
different main branch, and they go to a different
center in the brain, together with the very
similar threads which supply the nerve OF
smell from mustard and pepper. That is
why the smell and taste of these pungent sub
stances are so much alike, as everybody must have
noticed, good sniff at mustard pot producing
almost the same irritating effects as an incautious
mOuthful. When one is trying deliberate expert
mentS on the subject, in order to test the varying
sensitiveness OF the different parts to different
substances 1t Is necessary to keep the tongue
quite dry in order TO isolate the thing you are ex-
perimenting with and prevent its Speeding to all
parts OF the mouth together. In actual practice
this result is obtained In rather a ludicrous man.
ner-by blowing upon the tongue between each
experiment with a pair OF bellows. To such I'M
dtgnitied eXpedientS does the pursuit Of science
lead the modern psychologist.
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Railroads and CHIC Citx of Washing1

Railroads and tho City of Washington.
WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE CITY AND FOR
MARYLAND BY IMPROVED RAILROAD FACILITIES.
Gath" in Cincinnati Enquirer
HagerStOWn Is the second place In the state of
Maryland in population and trade. 1t is only
seventy-two miles from Washington city, and yet
the morning train out of Washington to Hagers-
town occupies four hours and ten minutes making
that distance, or nearly the same time that the
umted express train occupies between washing
ton and New York, distance OF two hundred and
forty miles. The little western Maryland railroad
which Is a longer route from Washington is the
superior route to travel over from the capital to
HageTStOWn.
The Pennsylvania railroad is as constderate of
Lmnly settled localities as of populous regions.
The Eastern Shore OF Maryland, which Is now
absolutely In the hands Of the Pennsylvania rail-
Iodu system, mas such trains as the people there
never anticipated You can leave Dover, the capt.
TAI OF Delaware, and be in Philadelphia, distance
OF probably seventy miles, in time for bank hours.
The PENNSYLVANIA system not only supplies fast
trains. but numerous trains. There will never be
galvanizing OF the state OF Maryland until the
distances are reduced by time. The BaIIimore
and Ohio spent its money laying itself abreast OF
the pennsylvania system, but has failed to discern
lngton city, which probably in ten years more
Will have the population that Baltimore possesses
and l think ultimately will pass Baltimore in
population. Yet, for the first time the MetrOpolt-
tan branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio road is con-
structing second track through that region of
country which presents the only healthy belt OF
development in the vicinity OF Washington l
think that the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
never developed one town in all the OF Mary
land.
The Baltimore and Ohio route from the north
west TO the northeast Is roundabout and, as Jay
Gould remarked to Inc three months ago, the
building OF the Philadelphia branch may vet COM
pei reorganization OF that property. thought
at the time Mr.. Gould spoke That he was reason
ing from his interests, but we have already seen
disposition on the part OF the Garrett family to
sell their railroad property out. This movement,
II successful, will rebound to the advan-
tage or the American capital, which has
taken tremendous strides forward since the PENN
sylvania system was opened to its portals, and
with dual line from New York to Washington
the latter city may realize the expectations of
Senator Mcpherson, who thinks that it will
become the social, political and literary center Of
the whole Union. Ii the DanviIe people obtain
the Baltimore and Ohio property they win lind
occasion for development northwest Of the City
or washington The public capital requires
northwestern line Independent OF the connections
OF the City OF Baltimore. No portion OF the
country presents better chances for speculation
and deyeiopement than the Maryland counties
between Washington and the Pennsylvania line.